The Sopranos
Ruby Hughes
"I think composers are feeling much more free, and they take inspiration from other fields, not only...
Dawn Upshaw
"I think composers are feeling much more free, and they take inspiration from other fields, not only...
Aleksandra Kurzak
“It was 1999, on the 26th of May, which is the Mother's Day in Poland. So it was an incredible gift,...
Ying Fang/ Karen Cargill
"What makes you think it's very good music also, is that it's only hits, and when you listen to this...
Véronique Gens
"What makes you think it's very good music also, is that it's only hits, and when you listen to this...
Anne Sofie von Otter
"I think composers are feeling much more free, and they take inspiration from other fields, not only...
Sharleen Joynt
"What makes you think it's very good music also, is that it's only hits, and when you listen to this...
Edita Gruberova
"I think composers are feeling much more free, and they take inspiration from other fields, not only...
The Mezzo-sopranos
Joyce DiDonato
“Giving these men the chance, a therapeutic kind of chance, to really express who they are at a core...
Kate Lindsey
“We, humanity, have a tendency to sort of relive, rehash, reexplore things again and again. We sort of...
Ekaterina Semenchuk
“It's incredible, it’s the quintessence of the vision of the poetry and the sound of the music, let's...
Elīna Garanča
"I think composers are feeling much more free, and they take inspiration from other fields, not only...
The Countertenors
Andreas Scholl
"The countertenor voice transcends the male and the female voice. It stands for the next higher level...
Michael Chance
"It's very interesting to know how it started. We hear it all the time in pop music. From The Beach Boys,...
Iestyn Davies
"I call it a setlist, because I think we're quite used nowadays to streaming platforms to put together...
Jakub Józef Orliński
"In break-dancing, nobody can tell you that something is right or wrong. You listen to the music and...
The Tenors
Lawrence Brownlee
"When you think about jazz, the real pioneers of jazz were people of color, and so a lot of people think...
Stuart Skelton
"I think it's always nice to those beautiful, miraculous, and sensitive, and introspective moments that...
Michael Spyres
"It's a very interesting category that very few people have continued the tradition. The baritenor was...
Joseph Calleja
"It is a very complex opera in terms of melody but also dramatically. I'm very proud of this project,...
Javier Camarena
"It is a very complex opera in terms of melody but also dramatically. I'm very proud of this project,...
Nicky Spence
"It's a lot to do with human interest, and the fact that these composers have stories to tell from their...
Ian Bostridge
"I think it's important sometimes that when we listen to this music being sung that we forget it just...
Roberto Alagna
"For me, everything was impossible, everything was too difficult. And I remember having the critics against...
Piotr Beczała
"When we don't develop as singers, we go back. And this is kind of a philosophy that we have to permanently...
Michael Fabiano
"If I just carried out a safe life, there's a case to be made for some great singers that only did the...
The Baritones
Roderick Williams
"Shall we say that, if we want crisis and disaster and despair mix, we can just turn on the evening news....
Christian Gerhaher
"This is the very interesting thing for me as a lieder singer that I don't have to be concrete, I don't...
Ludovic Tézier
"Once you're free, you can exist on stage physically, vocally, and with your soul too. That's what makes...
Matthias Goerne
"I think the rhythm is everything, it’s what you have to keep in mind. For interpretation of an entire...
The Basses
Ildebrando D’Archangelo
"The wonderful thing of Leporello is the comedy. And this is the only character in the opera who has...
Laurent Naouri
"I use what I know of one field in the other field, and vice versa. I try to use what I know in every...
Günther Groissböck
"I would say it's a sort of a ping pong game where you play both sides, and I wouldn't put it in boxes....
Thomas Quasthoff
"All the art forms that has to do with singing have a message. There’s always a message that you have...
The ensembles
The King’s Singers
"The important thing is to treat each side of music in its own terms, or on its own terms. You don't...
Eleanor Harries Clarke (Founding Member of Stile Antico)
"I think composers are feeling much more free, and they take inspiration from other fields, not only...
The Composers
Missy Mazzoli
"My whole career is built on finding the light in the darkness and presenting them right next to each...
Thomas Adès
"I love the idea of this relationship (Lola and The Fairy Prince) being central to this opera that sort...
David Hertzberg
"I love the idea of this relationship (Lola and The Fairy Prince) being central to this opera that sort...
The Directors
Sir David Pountney
"I think you can't interpret something unless you're prepared to get your hands dirty. Many people think...
Cerise Lim Jacobs
"I don't consider myself to be just a librettist in the sense of most librettist working in contemporary...
Peter Katona
"It's a huge weight of responsibility if one wants to encourage the right people to do this kind of job....
Carolyn Choa
"His (Kawabata) works have been called works of emptiness, and himself, a master of the unsaid thing....
Lionel Meunier
"I tried to build a group around singers that were able to sing any solo requested in the music we perform,...
The Conductors
Harry Bicket
"I think that another issue is that the subjects that Handel writes about, although on the face of it,...
Sir Mark Elder
"Verdi is still the composer who has more operas in front of the public than any other. He still rules...
Justin Doyle
"Music is a continuum, and I think what's important is that we take the lessons we learn from period...
Nathalie Stutzmann
"For me, it's very important to feel my voice is just an instrument that i use to make music. When i...
Edward Gardner
"I find connecting with an audience is one of the great fundamentals of my job, and it frustrates me...
Manfred Honeck
"There are no singers and no lyrics. But I found out that the music is so strong that you can actually...
Paul McCreesh
"I think if you're really serious about music, you should be constantly working on sources. You should...
Robert Simpson
"Choral music, or music in my estimation, must speak directly to the soul, to the individual, and become...
Kazushi Ono
"Our responsibility is choosing the proper titles of the opera, and also choosing the adequate stage...
Jaap van Zweden
"We have to understand as parents, that we feed our children every day, and that's very good, but we...
